Pamela
Clegg, CAMS
As CCO and BSA officer at United Texas Bank, Pamela oversees and manages all aspects of compliance within the bank. She is responsible for compliance and regulatory obligations of UTB Global’s innovative digital platform that meets the correspondent banking needs of international banks and seamlessly enables the Digital Asset and Fintech/Digital Payment revolution. UTB Global, together with its correspondent banks, fintech partners and customers enable real-time open global digital banking.
Prior to joining UTB, Pamela was Vice President of Crypto Investigations and Risk for Ciphertrace at Mastercard, where she worked with governments, law enforcement officials, regulators, law firms and financial institutions around the world to understand and mitigate cryptocurrency risk and conduct cryptocurrency financial investigations. She was previously Assistant Vice President - BSA and Information Security for First State Bank. She also has 15 years of international experience with investigations, due diligence and operations mostly in Latin America with the U.S. Government.
Pamela has her Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). She obtained her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and her MBA from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has conducted trainings and workshops, and spoken about cryptocurrency and financial crimes globally, to include speaking engagements at INTERPOL, UN, EUROPOL, Basel Governance, ACAMS, ACFCS and other international and federal agencies and organizations. Pamela is an acknowledged industry expert in cryptocurrency intelligence and evidentiary criminal investigations. Her opinions and advice have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and on the TV program News Nation. Pam is fluent in both English and Spanish.